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A Redondo Beach surfer who claimed he was unable to work after a Torrance policeman mistakenly shot at him during the manhunt for rogue Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner has settled his lawsuit against the city and its Police Department, court documents indicated Thursday.

SEVEN OAKS >> The ruins of the scorched cabin where Christopher Dorner engaged police in a deadly shootout last February have been leveled and the ground covered over with dirt. All that remains is a dull red deteriorating outbuilding and the crumbled ruins of a river rock well.

BARTON FLATS >> One year after he was carjacked by former Los Angeles police Officer Christopher Dorner, the woes of Boy Scout camp ranger Richard Heltebrake continue. Judges have consistently ruled against Heltebrake’s claim for a piece of the $1 million reward offered for tips leading to the capture of Dorner, who was on a

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday that officers violated department policy when they opened fire on two women delivering newspapers in Torrance during last year’s manhunt for Christopher Dorner.

BEAUMONT >> Regina Crain didn’t think anyone in her English class at Riverside City College this fall would recognize her name, except perhaps for the teacher. It’s a small community and she thought the teacher might read the newspaper.

Emma Hernandez smiled as she sat down with her daughter, Margie Carranza. But, after a few minutes, the 71-year-old Torrance woman, who was nearly killed during the manhunt for fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner, changed her demeanor.

Christopher Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer who went on a killing rampage he said was motivated to clear his name, was properly fired after using the internal Los Angeles Police Department system to try to stay on the force, police officials said Friday.

LOS ANGELES - The City Council signed off today on a $4.2 million payout for two women newspaper deliverers injured by Los Angeles police officers who fired on their pickup in Torrance as they guarded a colleague's home during the manhunt for rogue ex-LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner.

SAN BERNARDINO -- On Feb. 12, the nation listened live as police officials cornered former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner at a cabin near Big Bear Lake. Now, for the first time, the public can listen to the complete audio dispatch recordings. Download: Dispatch audio Download: Edited, condensed version of dispatch audio More coverage: Dorner manhunt

Two newspaper deliverywomen injured in Torrance by LAPD officers during the manhunt for former cop Christopher Dorner will be paid $4.2 million by the city of Los Angeles under a settlement announced Tuesday.

Among the revelations in the newly released dispatch logs from the final hours of the manhunt for multiple murder suspect Christopher Jordan Dorner is the information that at least one member of the public offered guns and ammunition to responders pursuing the fugitive former Los Angeles police officer through the San Bernardino Mountains. View the documents: San Bernardino County letter on Dorner transcript release | Transcript of the previously released Dorner 9-1-1 call recording Related story: Lawsuit threatened for full Dorner reward Complete coverage: Dorner manhunt

San Bernardino County authorities on Tuesday released recordings of the 911 call that led to the fiery end to the manhunt for murder suspect Christopher Jordan Dorner in February. View: SB County's response to a Public Records Act request regarding Dorner 911 audio Related story: Christopher Dorner reward: Lawyer for carjack victim objects to process Complete coverage: Dorner manhunt

The lawyer for a man carjacked by Christopher Dorner the day Dorner died objected Tuesday to the newly announced process for distributing a reward of $1 million or more that had been offered for the ex-police officer's capture or conviction. Related: Dorner manhunt 911 tapes released Complete coverage: Christopher Dorner manhunt

San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon on Tuesday gave his first interview since the deadly Feb. 12 standoff between disgruntled former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner and sheriff's deputies in the San Bernardino Mountains.

A man who was carjacked by Christopher Dorner says he is entitled to a $1.2 million reward for giving authorities information that led them to the former ex-cop who killed four people before taking his own life in a cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains. Special Section: Christopher Dorner

At least six former officers have requested a reopening of their termination cases since the Los Angeles Police Department started investigating allegations by a former officer who left a trail of violence to avenge his firing.

IRVINE - Thousands paid their respects Sunday to Keith Lawrence and his fiancee Monica Quan - the first victims of a killing spree this month attributed to a disgruntled ex-Los Angeles police officer - at the university where they met and began their life together.

Seven Los Angeles police officers who shot at two newspaper carriers on a Torrance street during the hunt for fugitive cop Christopher Dorner remain off of field duty, a Los Angeles police official said Wednesday.

An arrest warrant details the final moments of a Riverside police officer and the wounding of his partner, both presumed to be random targets of Christopher Dorner, who is believed to have killed four people.

Phil Tingirides is a veteran cop who's been threatened and even shot at during his 32 years with the Los Angeles Police Department. But the fear in his voice when he called his wife that day stopped her in her tracks. | PHOTOS | VIDEO

YUCAIPA - The rain fell hard Tuesday night, and the temperature dropped to near freezing, but that didn't stop about 300 people from paying their respects to Jeremiah MacKay, the San Bernardino County deputy gunned down in last week's standoff in the San Bernardino Mountains. Photo Gallery: Candlelight vigil Storify: Candlelight vigil held Tuesday evening for fallen Sheriff's Detective Jeremiah MacKay in Yucaipa Special Section: Manhunt

Tactical deputies' decision to use pyrotechnic tear gas grenades at the conclusion of their confrontation with multiple murder suspect Christopher Jordan Dorner has aroused some suspicion that responders intended to burn their quarry alive, but retired law enforcement sources with command and training experience say available evidence does not support that conclusion. Catch up: Special Section: Manhunt

The crime seemed to make no sense. A young couple, just engaged, shot dead in a car in a luxury condo complex in Irvine, one of the least violent cities in America. The hunt for a killer began on Super Bowl Sunday, the evening of Feb. 3.

An online community has reacted to the recent killings, manhunt and final standoff of fired Los Angles police officer Christopher Dorner by creating a video game titled, "Chris Dorner's Last Stand: A True American Hero."

EL MONTE - Officials found and removed a large graffiti message cursing the Los Angeles Police Department, which they believe to have been inspired by the recent manhunt for former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner, authorities said.

BARTON FLATS - He saw compassion in the eyes of a killer. Rick Heltebrake escaped with his life Tuesday before Christopher Dorner was killed in a gun battle near Barton Flats that saw a high-profile manhunt come to a fiery end.

An officer who fired three bullets into an innocent Redondo Beach motorist's pickup truck in Torrance last week believed he had encountered cop killer Christopher Dorner, and that the murder suspect had just opened fire on fellow officers, Torrance Police Chief John Neu said Friday.

San Bernardino Sheriff's officials may say the Christopher Dorner manhunt is over, but conspiracy theories surrounding the fugitive ex-policeman have only increased as people search for answers since he died on Tuesday.

Nancy Dorner, the mother of fugitive Christopher Dorner, who is believed to have died in the burned out cabin in Big Bear on Tuesday, expressed her condolences Wednesday to those injured by her son in a statement to Fox 11 legal analyst Robin Sax.

Authorities on Thursday identified charred remains that they pulled from a remotecabin in the San Bernardino Mountains as the body of Christopher Dorner, 33, a fugitive former Los Angeles police officer. Full Coverage: Christopher Dorner manhunt

Law enforcement scoured mountains in the Big Bear Lake area for days using everything from bloodhounds to high-tech helicopters searching for Christopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles police officer who allegedly shot and killed four people. But Dorner was reportedly very close by. How close? | MAP

Officials will be moving the body of San Bernardino County sheriff's Deputy Jeremiah MacKay from the coroner's office in San Bernardino to the Mountain View Mortuary, just blocks away. On Twitter: Reporter Josh Dulaney tweeted from the coroner's office @JoshDulaney Related story: Somber scene as body of Sheriff's Deputy Jeremiah McKay is moved to mortuary Photo gallery: Honor Guard Transports Body of Deputy Killed in Dorner Gun Battle

The funeral procession for slain officer Michael Crain has arrived at Riverside National Cemetery, and a long succession of police cars, lights flashing, is circling the cemetery amphitheater where service will be held prior to burial.

RIVERSIDE - Thousands of mourners turned out on a sunny and warm Wednesday for the funeral of slain Riverside police Officer Michael Crain, who was celebrated as a mentor and Marine veteran who put his family above all else. | Photos: Michael Crain funeral